if you do not know how firm they can get, how do you come to the conclusion that they are 3/4 as firm?
dave: adjustable
Exactly!
Scholar.. unfortunately, the fact is nobody knows!! And without the damper charts of each, with detail of the bump and rebound characteristics at each setting for the PCS, you'll never know for certain.
If I were to hazard a guess, I would say, that the setting that they came set to from the factory would be the most similar to the non-PCS setup. The reason being is, that adjustable damping (as "cool" as it is to have) really should only be used by those who REALLY know suspension tuning! H&R most likely only released it because that is what the market calls for. Customers want it.. but in reality, it's not something that should be used to much or it will probably throw off the balance of the car.
H&R took the time to design their non-PCS kit around the focus and it's characteristics with some compromises for ride quality i'm sure. So they probably set the PCS to the damping settings that they "should" be set to for the focus, and if a person changes them, then so be it. But most of us are less likely to know what the focus needs as far as bump and rebound damping, than the engineers over at H&R. At least that's what I think.